Bottle-holder.



K. H. ROTH.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPUCATION FILED JUNE 2.1914.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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WITNESSES: INVENTOR IQ J E BY KARL. H. ROTH ATTORNEY,

K. H. ROTH.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2.1914.

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KARL n. BOTH,

OF UTICA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF IO HENRY BICK,

OF U'IICA, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-HOLDER.

Application filed June 2, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Kenn H. Born, a citizen of Germany, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to a bottle holder, and I declare the following to be a full, clear, concise, and exact description thereof suliicient to enable anyone skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing inwhich like reference characters refer to like parts, throughout the specification.

The object of the invention is to provide an efficient device for use especially in breweries in grasping the empty bottles, as they come from the soaking machine, so as to dispose them in their proper position in a washing machine of any construction well known in the art. Heretofore, such work has been done manually by two men. By the useof the above named device, the same work can be accomplished much easier and in less time than it took the two men, whereby there is effected economy in labor, as well as rapidity of operation.

This object is attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device, showing the same holding a set of bottles; Fig. 2 is a plan view looking in the direction indicated by the arrow of Fig. 1, showing the device folded and the bottles re moved; Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the end of a shaft employed; Fig. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a member employed; Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the device; Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of another member, employed; Fig. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of a handle employed; Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line S8 of Fig. 1; Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 9+9 of Fig. 1; Fig. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of a pulley and its bearing in fragment; Fig. 11 is an enlarged perspective view of a bracket employed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the invention embodies the base members 1- and 2, whichare hinged to the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1-41, 1915.

Serial No. 842,520.

base member 3 as at 44, so that the members '1., 2 and can be swung into the posit1on, shown in Fig. 2. The member .1 has secured thereto the brackets 5 whose upper ends support the hollow sleeves 6, whereby to rotatively hold a shaft 7. The end 8 of the shaft 7 is recessed at 9 for the detachable reception of a portion of the plate 10 rigidly mounted to the end 11 of a shaft 12, which is loosely held in the hollow sleeves 1313 of the brackets 1-11 1 secured to the member 3. The end 15 of the shaft 12 is provided with an arm 16 having an angular disposed portion 17 adapted to be engaged by the angular disposed portion 18 of the arm 19 fastened to the end 20 of the shaft 21, which is rotatively supported in the hollow sleeves 22 of the brackets 23 mounted upon the base member 2.

The shafts 7 and 21 loosely hold the sleeves 25 integral or otherwise secured to the S shaped leversor members 26 disposed vat regular intervals apart and having the goose necks 27 to the outer ends of which are pivotally mounted, with a limited degree of rotation, the'yokes or members 28 having the arms or supports 29. The arms 29 are formed on the arc of a circle, so that the under surface 30 thereof will conform to the outer cylindrical surface of a bottle 31. A spring 32 is secured at one end to a lug 33 on the 5 shaped lever or member 26 and at the other end to a lug 34: on the yoke 28, whereby to normally hold the yoke 28 in its limited position of rotation in order that the outer arm 29 of the member 28 may clear the surface of the bottle 31, as the same approaches its final position within the grasping portion of the holder.

The sleeve 10 that supports the S shaped lever 26 on the shaft 12 .is keyed or similarly fixed to the shaft 12, so as to turn therewith, by the pins 411. l urthermore. the shafts 7 and 21 are rotated in their bearings, that is the sleeves 6 and 22 respectively of the brackets 5 and 23 by the handles 12 held to the shafts 7 and 21 by the set screws 13 that are threaded to the collars 41 formed integral with the arms 45 of the handles 42 and adapted to embrace the shafts 7 and the extended position, as shown in Fig. 1, by

the rotation of the shaft 7 detachably con-. nected with the shaft 12 by means of the recess 9 in the shaft 7 and the plate 11 of the shaft 12, as controlled by the handles 42.

However, when the holder is in its folded tivelv.

The S shaped levers 26 are held in normal position,.whereby the yokes 28 pivoted to their outer-or free ends will engage and hold the bottles 31 by the springs 50 coiled about the spindles 51 and bearing at one end against the brackets 52 and at the other end against the under surface of the ends 53 of the Sshapedlevers 26. The spindles 51 project through the enlarged apertures 54: in the ends 53 of the S" shapedlevers 26 and the apertures 55, conforming in size, in the members or brackets 52, which are secured to th'e under surface of the base members 1, 2, and 3. The spindles 51' are held in assembled position by the cotter pins 57 which also limit the degree of movement, in one direction, of the Sshaped levers 26.

The brackets 52 are provided with a drop portion at 60 and a projecting portion 61 to which are riveted the rubber pads 62 adapted for thedisposition of the bottles 31.

The S shaped levers 26 are rotated upon their fulcrums, the shafts 7 and 21, whereby to elevate the yokes 28 pivoted to their outer ends, in order to permit of the entrance or eXit of the bottles 31, by the rods 70, which lie across the portion 71 of the S shaped levers 26 and are secured at either end to the brackets'72 by the cotter pins 73. The brackets 72 are also sleeved upon the shafts 7 and 21 respectively and held thereto in a rigid manner-by the set screws 7 4, threaded to the collar portion 75 of said brackets. The actuation of the rods 70 is effected on an arc of which the shafts 7 and 21 is a center,'by the rotation of the shafts 7 and 21, as controlled. by the handles 42.

The, S shaped levers .26 are held in the locked position, whereby the yokes 28, pivotedthereto, will press firmly against the surface of the bottles 31'by the posts fulcrumed at .81 to the lugs 82. mounted upon the, plates 83 rigidly secured to the base members 1 and 2. The posts 80 project upward through the elongated apertures 8a formedin the lips 85 integral with the arms 45 of the handles-42, and are shouldered at 86 to engage the edge of the lip 85 in order to prevent the lowering'of the handles 12 to the dotted lines position illustrated in Fig. 9. and the consequent raising of the yokes 28 from off the surface of the bottles 31. The shoulders 86 of the posts 80 are held normally against the edges of the lips 85 by the springs 87 secured at one end to a lug 88 integral with the post 80 and at the other to a lug 89 integral with the plate 83. The posts 80 are actuated upon their respective fulcrums 81 by the members 90 fulcrumcd at 91 to the lugs 92 mounted upon the plates 33and having the loose pulleys 93 adapted to ride over the edge of the posts 80. The portion 95 of the members 90 projects through a recess 96 formed in the plate 33 and is adapted to engage the adjacent surface with which it may come into contact, whereby to actuate the post 80 upon its fulcrum 81 and thereby disengage the shoulder 86 of the post 80 from its adjacent edge of the lip 85, so as to permit the lowering of the handles 42 and the resultant movement of the shaped levers 26 and the yokes 28 to thereby admit or release the bottles 31 to or from their locked position within the holder. The members 90 are provided also with the linger clips 100 fastened to the ends of the parts 101 of the members 90, whereby the posts 80 may be actuated thereby to disengage the shoulders 86 from the adjacent edges of the lips 35.

The operation of the device is effected by grasping the same by the handles 12 and swinging the base members 1, 2 and 3 into the extended position, as shown in Fig. 1. As thus extended the operator places the holder. upon the soaking machine, so that the brackets 61 will be disposed in the spaces between the cylindrical tubes of said machine and the plates 83 resting upon the surfaces of the tubes thereof. In this position, the portions 95 of the members 90 will on gage said tubes whereby to actuate the posts 80- against the pressure of the springs 37 to disengage the shoulders 86 from the con-- tiguous portions of the lips 85 in order to permit the lowering of the handles 4-2 and the consequent raising of the yokes 28, whereupon the bottles 31 may move, under the action of the soaking machine, into the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 9. l1nmediately the bottles 31 have reached the position shown in said Figs. 1 and 9, the operator releases his downward pressure on the handles 42, whereby the yokes 28 will move firmly against the surfaces of the bottles 31, because of the normal pressure of the springs 50 against the under surfaces of the ends 53 of the S shaped levers 26, to which latter the said yokes 28 are pivotally connccted. T he springs 32 are adapted to yield sufficiently, so that the supports 29 of the yokes 28 will lie evenly upon the surfaces of the bottles 31, in the locked position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 9. I

The bottles 31 being held firmly between the pads 62 of the brackets 61 and the supports 29 of the yokes 28, the operator raises the device holding the bottles, and swings the base members 1, 2 and 3 into the folded position illustrated in Fig. 2. He then carries the bottles thus held to the universal washing machine, where the heads of the bottles are lowered .into the corresponding holes in that machine, whereupon the locking mechanism, which automatically holds the yokes 28 in contact with the surfaces of the bottles 31, by reason of the normal pressure of the springs 87 against the posts 90, will be released by moving the finger clips 100 toward the handles 42. The handles 42 are then pressed toward each other in order to withdraw the yokes 28 from off the surface of the bottles 31, which will thereupon drop into their respective holes in the wash ing machine.

Although I have described the device with reference to its use in breweries, obviously the same may be found useful in other mercantile pursuits.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a bottle holder, the combination of base members hinged together, S shaped levers pivotally mounted upon said members, and means pivoted to said S shaped levers, whereby to hold bottles.

2. In a bottle holder, the combination of base members hinged together, brackets secured to said members, and S shaped levers pivotally mounted upon said members, whereby to act in conjunction with said brackets to hold bottles.

3. In a bottle holder, the combination with base members hinged together, of shafts supported thereon, S shaped levers fulcrumed upon said shafts, yokes pivoted to said 8- shaped levers, and means for holding said yokes in close contact with bottles, whereby the bottles may be conveyed from place to place.

4. In a bottle holder, the combination with base members hinged together, of shafts supported thereon, -S shaped levers fulcrumed upon said shafts, yokes pivoted to said S shaped levers, and springs for holding said yokes in contact with bottles,

- whereby said bottles may be conveyed from place to place.

5. In a bottle holder, the combination with base members hinged together, of an -S shaped lever pivotally mounted in relation thereto, a yoke pivotally mounted to said S shaped lever, and means for holding said yoke in contact with a bottle, whereby the same may be conveyed from place to place.

6. In a bottle holder of the character described, the combination of base members hinged together, -S shaped levers mounted above said base members, yokes pivotally mounted in relation to said 8 shaped levers, and a spring for holding said yoke in contact with a bottle, whereby said bottle may be conveyed from place to place.

7. In a bottle holder, the combination of base members hinged together, shafts mounted upon said base members, S shaped levers fulcrumed upon said shafts, yokes pivoted to said S shaped levers, yielding means for-holding said -S shaped levers in normal position, whereby the yokes pivoted thereto will engage the surface of bottles, and means for rocking said S- shaped levers, whereby the yokes pivoted thereto will release said objects.

8. In a bottle holder, the combination with base members hinged together, of shafts supported on said base members, -S shaped levers having sleeves fulcrumed upon said shafts, yokes pivotally secured to said S shaped levers, springs for holding said shaped levers in normal position, whereby the yokes pivoted thereto will lie in contact with'the surface of bottles, and rods adapted to rock said -S shaped levers, whereby to release said bottles from their engaged position.

9. In a bottle holder, the combination of base members hinged together, shafts supported on said base members, S- shaped levers fulcrumed upon said shafts, yokes pivotally secured to said -S shaped levers, springs for holding said S shaped levers in normal position, whereby said yokes pivoted thereto will engage the surface of bottles, rods lying adjacent said S- shaped levers, means for actuating said rods, whereby said S shaped levers will be rocked to release said bottles, and means for holding said rods in given locked position.

10. In a bottle holder, the combination of base members hinged together, brackets supported on said base members, -S shaped levers pivotally mounted to said brackets, means for holding said S shaped levers in normal relation to said brackets, whereby to hold bottles thercbetween, means for rocking said -S shaped levers upon their fulcrums, whereby to release said bottles, and means for locking said means for rocking said shaped levers.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

KARL II. ROTH.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL SLOAN, T. L. \VILDER.

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